The city premiere of Divya Cowasji’s film next month will showcase the best and brightest—and last—of Parsi theatre’s...
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J F Madan: The Parsi Pioneer of Bengali Film Industry
In the heart of Kolkata’s famous Dharmatala neighbourhood is Madan Street, a road not unlike many others in the...
Tanaaz plays mom to hubby
Tanaaz and hubby Bakhtyaar Irani love to have fun. In fact, "we are both mad" is how they describe themselves. Now the two are set to do something even more crazy. Tanaaz will play Bakhtyaar's...
Shayan Italia in Top 10 of Britain’s popular music chart
A young Indian has made a dazzling debut in the international music market, whizzing to the top ten of Britain's popular TV Airplay Music Chart even before his album is officially launched....
I’m basically shy of attention: Boman
Actor Boman Irani, who played a disgruntled dean in the medical satire "Munnabhai M.B.B.S." to perfection, says he is the "luckiest guy" on the planet as Bollywood is offering him specific and...
FTII Award for Parsi Themed Film
Parsi Wada, Tarapore -- Present Day, a film that talks about the present and future of the Parsi community in Mumbai, has won cameraman Paramvir Singh the award for Best Cinematography (Rajat Kamal...
Stereotyping Parsis
It's often the quirks of a community that become its identity and set it apart from the rest. But with India becoming so globalised, are we still that ethno-centric? Yes, says Homi Adjania, the...
‘After Superman, it’s Bo-Man’
When ABN-Amro recently flew down the versatile Boman Irani for a chat with VJ Cyrus Sahuhar, the talent behind "Piddhu The Great" and "Simi Girebaal", the duo broke into the most entertaining...
Boman Irani: Interview with the Actor
• My guest today is one of Mumbai's Parsi Colony's most famous residents, Boman Irani. And it's really unfair to cast you as a Parsi, because you're a Sikh one day, Delhi Punjabi the other, a Rajput...
Boman Irani to Play Lead Role in Little Zizou
Boman Irani is known for his remarkable roles. This talented actor will be seen in a lead role in writer-turned-director Sooni Taraporevala's film Little Zizou. This film also stars Shernaaz Patel...
Parliamentarians and media to view ‘Parzania’ soon
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Parliamentarians and members from the media would soon get to view Rahul Dholakia's controversial film 'Parzania' depicting the plight of a Parsi family during the 2002...
Being Boman Irani
From playing the eccentric Dr Asthana in Munnabhai MBBS to the boisterous Lucky Singh in Lago Raho Munnabhai, Boman Irani has played characters everyone can relate to. In a chat with CNN-IBN’s...
Parzania: Death of humanity in Mahatma’s land
Film on Gujarat riots gets green signal; to be released this Friday Almost five years after Gujarat riots of February 2002, a gutsy English-language feature film that looks at the communal carnage...
A family’s attempts to trace their missing son
Tears well up in her eyes as she remembers the ill-fated day in 2002 when her 13-year-old son went missing during the Gujarat riots. Even after five years, Rupa Dara Mody carries his photograph in...
Parsi baby is Jolie’s reel love
Hollywood beauty Angelina Jolie held him close to her bosom, looked into his eyes lovingly and kissed him gently. And partner Brad Pitt was nowhere around when this happened behind closed doors on a...
Baby Chiniwala stars with Angelina Jolie
Parsi businessman Viraf Chiniwala, whose new-born child has been roped in for Angelina Jolie's movie, is an overwhelmed man. "Our gynaecologist, Avan Dadina, stopped me and said the hospital's CEO,...
Have a laugh with Irani
FUNNYMAN Boman Irani had to learn a new language of comedy - literally - when shooting his latest film 'Khosla Ka Ghosla.' The former talented photographer is a Parsi and his character was a crooked...
Boman Irani’s mission in Don
I'm here to investigate actor Boman Irani's latest role -- as supercop and Deputy Commissioner of Police -- in director Farhan Akhtar's remake of the 1978 Bollywood thriller and superhit, Don. DCP...
Nilufer Bharucha focuses on women in Indian fiction, cinema
Fans of Indian cinema and literature will want to catch upcoming presentations by visiting professor Dr. Nilufer Bharucha at the University College of the Fraser Valley. Bharucha, the head of the...
Perizaad Zorabian all set to marry Boman Irani
How did you know?"was Perizaad Zorabian's reaction when we congratulated her on the news of her wedding. December 7 will see the actress tying the knot with beau Boman Irani - not the funnyman from...
Zorastrians Today
Photogallery: Zoroastrians of Yazd, Iran
The above is one of a series of 55 photographs taken by Gilles Crampes. These are pictures of the Zoroastrians of Yazd. Check out the entire gallery here [Hat Tip: Vikram J. Parekh]
‘Parzania’ yet to find distributor in India
After making the rounds of film festivals abroad, Rahul Dhalokia's film "Parzania" on the 2002 sectarian violence in Gujarat is yet to find a distributor in the country. The movie starring...
Laughing all the way from Gujju to Parsi!
Aashish will now assume the mantle of another community known for its humour and pleasant nature- the Parsis! Our sources tell us that Aashish will play an amiable Parsi in Inder Kumar's new laugh...
Parsis A Vanishing Race: Documentary
Sorab Irani, a producer of documentaries and movies, informs us about a new very interesting documentary on the Parsis. Directed by Oorvazi Irani, this documentary tries to the film medium is a...
Shayan Italia: Music Sensation
Shayan Italia, a new musician in the mainstream music world is all set to release his album Deliverance. As his press release notes My name is Shayan Italia and I am the artist/songwriter of the...
Five Parsi Films by Kaevan Umrigar
Kaevan Umrigar, is a recent graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. The Zoroastrian Youth Association of Poona is screening FIVE PARSI FILMS, five short films on contemporary...
Zubin Varla to Play Rajiv Gandhi
British Parsi actor may play Rajiv If all goes well for Jagmohan Mundhra, his film Sonia, based on Congress president Sonia Gandhi's life, will rise to a remarkable level of authenticity before a...
What Shenaz treasures
Anchor and actor Shenaz Treasuryvala talks about her yearning for work and travel. Self-respect :"I will not be sexually-exploited and would not do a role demeaning to women - crawling on the floor,...
Being Cyrus is a unique attempt
A feature film by a photographer has a few advantages. It is crisp, taut and precise, and rarely suffers from avoidable fluff. Being Cyrus falls into this category. A debut venture by director Homi...
‘Being Cyrus- Bollywood stars speaking English
'Being Cyrus- Bollywood stars speaking English in a darkly twisted tale about a Parsi family and the 'stranger' they let in it changes their lives forever . Even as the film is getting raves from...
Bawas and Bollywood
Bawas and Bollywood A quick quiz question: Which dialogue is probably Bollywood's most memorable line after Shashi Kapoor's 'Mere paas maa hai' from Deewar and Amjad Khan's 'Kitne aadmi thhe' from...
Boman Irani talks about playing his…
Boman Irani talks about playing his first Parsi character onscreen and dating Sushmita Sen! Faheem Ruhani ednesday, March 22, 2006 18:35 IST What was it it like finally playing a Parsi in 'Being...
Being Cyrus – A Psychological Thriller Set in…
Being Cyrus, a psychological thriller by debutant film maker Homi Adajania will open in theatres this Friday. The cast of the film may not be star laden but it sure has some fine actors -...
Humata Hukhta Hvarashta strikes a century
The only serial based on Zoroastrian religion and culture, completed 100 episodes recently Funded only by donations, Humata Hukhta Hvarashta — the only serial on air based on Zoroastrian religion —...
Joy Ride
As the Parsi couple in their jalopy who often gave a lift to the troubled heroine, Dinesh Hingoo and Piloo Wadia immortalized the quintessential Parsi eccentricity on-screen. Piloo in her...
The first female to smooch Dev Anand onscreen
The only thing that people are talking about Dev Anand's latest release Mr. Prime Minister is his onscreen smooch with an NRI actress in the film. And while Dev Anand is known for the skin-show in...
Gender, Race, and Spectatorship in Early Indian Cinema
These are the choice of men to play women's parts, and the use of European or 'white' actresses posing as Indian. Both these masquerades can be located in prior theatrical traditions of western...
Originality is my forte
He is 34 and says that originality is his forte. Homi Adajania's debut feature film, Being Cyrus (English), hits theatres soon. "The story was rejected by publishers but I thought of making a film...
Boman’s secular choices of roles!
Boman's secular choices of roles! Of late probably there is one actor who has been very secular in his choice of roles. He has played a catholic in Home Delivery. He plays a Parsi in Being Cyrus. He...
A film man’s life without the gossip!
Hindu - Chennai,India ... We get fascinating accounts of the upper middleclass Parsi life in the country and, excellent pen portraits of some of the author's favourite persons, grandpa ...
Proudly Indian
Hindu Business Line - India ... reputation and all relatives and friends were told to take care of me!" Almost half his salary went towards the PG accommodation he had with a Parsi family in ...
Jaipal Reddy promises co-prod treaties with Italy, UK
Screen India - India ... Focussing on a Parsi family trapped in strife-torn Gujarat where their 10-year-old-son comes up missing, the film stars Naseeruddin Shah, Sarika and Emmy award ...
Screen test
Indian Express - New Delhi,India A film on a Parsi boy who went missing during the Gujarat riots won much acclaim at IFFI Goa. His family hopes it will help trace him. ...
PARZIANA Film Screening
Isabelle Huppert, Ismail Merchant's films screened in Retro Webindia123 - India ... The Naseeruddin Shah-Sarika starrer ''Parzania'' about the travails of a Parsi family on the backdrop of the...
“Being Cyrus,”
As the director Homi Adajania, whose first film, "Being Cyrus," is being released in December, put it: "After all, India is not just Bollywood and a Punjabi wedding." Adajania's India is most...
Gujjus to the fore, again
Come November 25 and Sony’s Batliwala’s House No 43 has a new family moving into the famous address. A set of orthodox but flashy Gujaratis, the Kudkudiyas are all set to tickle your funny bone....